Entaba-words

Combustion of propane

Okusinziira ku Muwanga mu kitabo kye "Essomannimi n'Essomamakulu"(linguistics and Semantics), the prefix entaba- connotes "interaction-". Among the Luganda technical terms formed with entaba- prefix are :

(a) Entabamuliro (Combustion).This points at the interactions that involve the mixing of air and oxygen with fire to generate the power that moves a machine.

(b) Entababutonde(Ecology). This points at the interactions of living and non living things in habitat systems

(c) Entababiramu(Biomes)

(d)Entababimera(Vegetation)

(e)Entabampewo (the atmosphere).Also called "nampewo"(nakazaala w'empewo ey'obulamu).Entabampewo points at the interaction of various kinds of air to make the air that supports life on earth

(f) Entabamazzi(hydrosphere). This points at the interactions that involve water molecules in its three states like water, vapor/gas or ice. The part of the earth where there are water particles in any of those three forms is called entabamazzi.

(g)Entababulamu(biosphere) .This refers to the interactions of natural phenomena in the aerth's atmosphere where life thrives .

(h) Entabamazinga(geosphere).